A new finite-state machine queuing tool for the "EPICS" control system toolkit

Author

Beltrán, D. ; Perlas, J.A.

Author_Institution

Synchrotron Light Lab., Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain

Volume

49

Issue

2

fYear

2002

fDate

4/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

460

Lastpage

464

Abstract

A new sequencing tool, the finite-state machine queueing tool (FSQT) for the EPICS control system toolkit, is presented, and its design and implementation are described. The advantages of applying this new tool in a new release of our magnetic measurements test-bench application are discussed. FSQT was originally conceived to overcome the limitations of the equivalent EPICS tool (the Sequencer) and considered a complementary alternative. A performance comparison between them is also shown. This new utility has been presented to the EPICS collaboration and it is currently under evaluation

Keywords

data acquisition; distributed control; finite state machines; high energy physics instrumentation computing; physical instrumentation control; EPICS control system toolkit; FSQT; control systems; distributed contro; event manager; finite-state machine queuing tool; large-scale facilities; magnetic measurements test-bench application; sequencing tool; Algorithms; Application software; Collaboration; Control systems; Distributed control; Libraries; Magnetic variables measurement; Operating systems; Power system management; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2002.1003774

Filename

1003774